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Post by inchmix on Aug 31, 2018 0:11:21 GMT
I loved the BF version of Damaged Goods. Especially how in the novel an organization, called 'The Committee' is mentioned .. but is replaced by Torchwood in the BF version. Which was amazing because from memory, this came out before BF got the licence to do New Series stuff But I loved the novel too - because of the Pet Shop Boys references, which I am a big fan of
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Post by omega on Aug 31, 2018 0:16:43 GMT
I loved the BF version of Damaged Goods. Especially how in the novel an organization, called 'The Committee' is mentioned .. but is replaced by Torchwood in the BF version. Which was amazing because from memory, this came out before BF got the licence to do New Series stuff But I loved the novel too - because of the Pet Shop Boys references, which I am a big fan of In the book it's a group called the Brotherhood. You might be confusing the name with the recurring antagonists from the Torchwood audios. The Brotherhood are interested in psi-powers, which is why they sent Dr Greco in look into Steven and reactivated the N Form.
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Post by inchmix on Aug 31, 2018 0:21:51 GMT
I loved the BF version of Damaged Goods. Especially how in the novel an organization, called 'The Committee' is mentioned .. but is replaced by Torchwood in the BF version. Which was amazing because from memory, this came out before BF got the licence to do New Series stuff But I loved the novel too - because of the Pet Shop Boys references, which I am a big fan of In the book it's a group called the Brotherhood. You might be confusing the name with the recurring antagonists from the Torchwood audios. The Brotherhood are interested in psi-powers, which is why they sent Dr Greco in look into Steven and reactivated the N Form. Ahh yep you are right. I got confused there. Brotherhood! Thanks omega
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Post by omega on Aug 31, 2018 0:27:49 GMT
In the book it's a group called the Brotherhood. You might be confusing the name with the recurring antagonists from the Torchwood audios. The Brotherhood are interested in psi-powers, which is why they sent Dr Greco in look into Steven and reactivated the N Form. Ahh yep you are right. I got confused there. Brotherhood! Thanks omega A Torchwood audio following the group looking into psi powers would be interesting. It's not something Torchwood One or Torchwood Cardiff used a lot, so something must have gone terribly wrong. Terribly wrong means interesting story. When it comes to playing with fire Torchwood agents have no issue with leaping into the flames.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 31, 2018 0:43:08 GMT
I do remember this being the first mention of Torchwood in a BF audio and I suppose gave us a big hint that actual, BF produced Torchwood was soon to be coming.
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Post by omega on Aug 31, 2018 0:45:48 GMT
I do remember this being the first mention of Torchwood in a BF audio and I suppose gave us a big hint that actual, BF produced Torchwood was soon to be coming. This was released in April, the Torchwood announcement was in May and the New Series announcement in June.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 31, 2018 0:52:10 GMT
I do remember this being the first mention of Torchwood in a BF audio and I suppose gave us a big hint that actual, BF produced Torchwood was soon to be coming. This was released in April, the Torchwood announcement was in May and the New Series announcement in June. Great. I love it when I'm A) right and B) remember things correctly.
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Post by omega on Aug 31, 2018 1:02:03 GMT
This was released in April, the Torchwood announcement was in May and the New Series announcement in June. Great. I love it when I'm A) right and B) remember things correctly. On the Old Forum I set up a thread with reasons why Big Finish could do Torchwood. Needless to say I was very excited to see the news.
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Post by Ela on Sept 3, 2018 23:56:39 GMT
I wasn't a huge fan of the original book, to be honest. I did listen to and enjoy this story, but it's kind of dark and not something I'm in a hurry to revisit.
I did think they did a very good job of adapting it for audio, though.
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on Nov 1, 2018 0:03:03 GMT
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Post by omega on Nov 1, 2018 0:24:37 GMT
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 1, 2018 8:37:27 GMT
Although I did want to save money in November and not buy anything, I took the plunge and bought this one. Because it was on special and I am at least curious about it since everybody appears to be in favour of it. I am not the biggest fan of RTD or of the 7th Doctor, and I did read the book some time ago... and I did not really like it that much. I know that many people think this is brilliant, but I seem to have a bit of a different taste sometimes. So now I will find out. I just hope the scenes from the book when the Doctor takes Cocaine are taken out. Seriously. McCoy playing the Doctor on drugs is a sure way of driving me insane (see the new adventures of Benny).
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Post by dangerwillrobinson on Nov 2, 2018 10:17:47 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 2, 2018 10:19:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 11:57:32 GMT
A stunning book with a stunning adaptation. Damaged Goods is likely one of the hardest stories Doctor Who has ever done purely through Davies's deft hand for human tragedy. The N-Form is this grotesque Giegeresque nightmare, but the thing that drives it is frighteningly human. A dollop of Hellblazer with a helping of The Equalizer's fourth season. There are moments when you're expecting either Robert McCall or John Constantine to sit down on a couch smelling of boiled cabbage and inspect the cardboard carpeting beneath their feet. I don't think I'd be able to handle this kind of story every week, but as a one-off novel, it's pretty good. Johnny Morris does a good adaptation of it, a lot kinder to the characters and with a confident sense of pacing.
As an aside, it's interesting -- looking in the greater context of the Psi-Powers arc -- that the audio supplemented Torchwood for the Brotherhood. I wonder if that means one organisation will eventually be absorbed by the other over the centuries? Like with Unitatus in Cold Fusion being the distant descendants of our near, dear UNIT on Earth.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 2, 2018 12:46:50 GMT
A stunning book with a stunning adaptation. Damaged Goods is likely one of the hardest stories Doctor Who has ever done purely through Davies's deft hand for human tragedy. The N-Form is this grotesque Giegeresque nightmare, but the thing that drives it is frighteningly human. A dollop of Hellblazer with a helping of The Equalizer's fourth season. There are moments when you're expecting either Robert McCall or John Constantine to sit down on a couch smelling of boiled cabbage and inspect the cardboard carpeting beneath their feet. I don't think I'd be able to handle this kind of story every week, but as a one-off novel, it's pretty good. Johnny Morris does a good adaptation of it, a lot kinder to the characters and with a confident sense of pacing. As an aside, it's interesting -- looking in the greater context of the Psi-Powers arc -- that the audio supplemented Torchwood for the Brotherhood. I wonder if that means one organisation will eventually be absorbed by the other over the centuries? Like with Unitatus in Cold Fusion being the distant descendants of our near, dear UNIT on Earth. I find it interesting that my impressions of all these books is so different from everybody else's... at least it appears to me like that... I was not too fond of the book, but still, I am curious if I like the adaptation
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2018 1:45:48 GMT
A stunning book with a stunning adaptation. Damaged Goods is likely one of the hardest stories Doctor Who has ever done purely through Davies's deft hand for human tragedy. The N-Form is this grotesque Giegeresque nightmare, but the thing that drives it is frighteningly human. A dollop of Hellblazer with a helping of The Equalizer's fourth season. There are moments when you're expecting either Robert McCall or John Constantine to sit down on a couch smelling of boiled cabbage and inspect the cardboard carpeting beneath their feet. I don't think I'd be able to handle this kind of story every week, but as a one-off novel, it's pretty good. Johnny Morris does a good adaptation of it, a lot kinder to the characters and with a confident sense of pacing. As an aside, it's interesting -- looking in the greater context of the Psi-Powers arc -- that the audio supplemented Torchwood for the Brotherhood. I wonder if that means one organisation will eventually be absorbed by the other over the centuries? Like with Unitatus in Cold Fusion being the distant descendants of our near, dear UNIT on Earth. I find it interesting that my impressions of all these books is so different from everybody else's... at least it appears to me like that... I was not too fond of the book, but still, I am curious if I like the adaptation
They're an interesting curio, the NAs. My first/earliest novel from the range was Nightshade and I think that might have altered my approach to the range in general. Being all about nostalgia and moving on, my brain must have gone: "Ah... We're moving out of the classic series into something else." Because aside from a few fun runarounds by Terrance Dicks and one by Gary Russell, it feels very strongly like its own era. Very much something entrenched in sci-fi trends of the 1990s. Not quite like its predecessor, not quite like its successor. I like to separate the 1990s/early 2000s Wilderness Years gap into two halves with the TV Movie splits them both down the middle. The NAs occupy the majority of one side, the EDAs and Big Finish occupy the other. The adaptation takes cues from both sides. It could end up being a nice surprise. Sylvester's performance is rather striking and the adapter, Johnny Morris, takes note of everything that's happened in the show since 1996 and gently tweaks it accordingly for 2015. For me personally, I think the NAs kicked off my love of cyberpunk as a genre and they tended to explore a lot of the show's core concepts through unusual ways, deconstructing and then reconstructing them for a time without Doctor Who. Original Sin, for instance, asking the very uncomfortable question of: "What differentiates the planet-destroying Doctor from a serial killer?" and providing a glorious, reaffirming answer. (It's his compassion.)
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Post by omega on Nov 11, 2018 0:26:45 GMT
I found a good condition second hand copy of the book on Friday (I also completed my Timewyrm set with Genesys, already have the other three).
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